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Famous Births
- Feb. 02: Farrah Fawcett - Charlie's Angels
- Mar. 01: Alan Thicke - Growing Pains
- Mar. 12: Mitt Romney - Republican Party
- Mar. 19: Glenn Close - Dangerous Liasons
- Mar. 25: Elton John - Musician
- Apr. 06: John Ratzenberger - Cheers
- Apr. 12: David Letterman - The Late Show
- Apr. 16: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - LA Lakers
- Jul. 02: Larry David - Seinfeld creator
- Jul. 09: O.J. Simpson - Buffalo Bills
- Jul. 20: Carlos Santana - Musician
- Dec. 29: Ted Danson - Cheers
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Famous Deaths
- Jan. 25: Al Capone - American Gangster
- Apr. 07: Henry Ford - Ford Motor Co.
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Chart Toppers
- Jan. 04: Sammy Kaye - The Old Lamp-Lighter
- Feb. 15: The King Cole Trio - For Sentimental...
- Feb. 22: Count Basie - Open the Door, Richard
- Mar. 01: Freddy Martin - Managua, Nicaragua
- Mar. 15: Ted Weems - Heartaches
- Jun. 07: Art Lund - Mam'selle
- Jun. 21: The Harmonicats - Peg o' My Heart
- Jun. 28: Perry Como - Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba
- Jun. 19: The Harmonicats - Peg o' My Heart
- Aug. 09: Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke
- Oct. 04: Francis Craig - Near You
- Dec. 13: Vaughn Monroe - Ballerina Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
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20th Academy Awards
- Presented on: March 20, 1948
- Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Actor: Ronald Colman in A Double Life
- Best Actress: L. Young in The Farmer's Daughter
- Best Director: Elia Kazan in Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Documentary: Design for Death Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
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March 1947
- March 12: President Harry Truman established what became known as The Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
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July 1947
- July 2: A weather balloon crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, many later speculate that it was an alien spacecraft.
- July 26 : President Harry Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the CIA
- July 2: A weather balloon crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, many later speculate that it was an alien spacecraft.
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October 1947
- October 5: Harry Truman delivers the first Presidential speech on television asking Americans to cut back on food usage.
- October 20: The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry
- October 5: Harry Truman delivers the first Presidential speech on television asking Americans to cut back on food usage.
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November 2 1947
November 2: Hollywood producer Howard Hughes flies the Spruce Goose for 1 minute over Long Beach Harbor, California. The wooden airplane was the largest ever built with a wingspan of over 320 feet. -
November 1947
- November 25: As Joseph McCarthy hunted for Communists on American soil, actors, producers and those known as the Hollywood Ten became blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to testify.
- November 29: The United Nations votes to split Palestine into two states - 1 Jewish, 1 Arab.
- November 25: As Joseph McCarthy hunted for Communists on American soil, actors, producers and those known as the Hollywood Ten became blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to testify.
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December 1947
- December 3: "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
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